Global commodity chains and African export agriculture

Journal of Agrarian Change

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 137-161

  Daviron, Benoit ^a   Gibbon, Peter ^b  

^a CIRAD   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Africa; Agriculture; Commodity chains; Exports; International trade; Product standards

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL TRADE; COMMODITY MARKET; EXPORT; INTERNATIONAL TRADE;

AFRICA;

EID: 0347165991     PISSN: 14710358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1471-0366.00028     Document Type: Article

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